THE ENGLISH GARDEN. 5 



Materials fit of torrent, rock, and made, 70 



Produce new TIVOLIS. But learn to rein, 



O Youth ! whofe fkill efTays the arduous tafk, 



That fkill within the limit fhe allows. 



Great Nature fcorns controul : me will not bear 



One beauty foreign to the fpot or foil 7$ 



She gives thee to adorn : 'tis thine alone 



To mend, not change her features. Does her hand 



Stretch forth a level lawn ? ah, hope not thou 



To lift the mountain there. Do mountains frown 



Around ? ah, wifh not there the level lawn. 80 



Yet fhe permits thy art, difcreetly us'd, 



To fmooth or fcoop the rugged and the plain. 



But dare with caution ; elfe expect, bold man"! 



The injur'd Genius of the place to rife 



In felf-defence, and, like fome giant fiend 85 



That frowns in Gothic flory, fwift deftroy, 



By night, the puny labours of thy day. 



What then muft he attempt, whom niggard fate 

 Has iixt in fuch an inaufpicious fpot 



As 



